good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a state of emergency is declared in new south wales as thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of the worst bushfires australia has seen this season. rail fares rise by an average of almost 3% today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters.

ticket prices have risen twice as fast as wages in the last decade. i'm here to talk about another year of rising prices. peter ‘sna kebite‘ wright has won his first pdc world championship title. the scotsman completed a superb 7—3 victory over world number one, michael van gerwen a fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. a fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. wendy as well and we have some rain coming in from the north—west slowly pushing south east was. and the predictions come true? picking up power from and the predictions come true? picking up powerfrom anywhere on the wall. it's thursday the 2nd of january. our top story: a seven day state of emergency has been declared in new south wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis.

thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent this report from lake conjola, one of the towns affected. the extent of the damage that these huge fires have caused in lake conjola is all around. homes have been ravaged, the earth is still smouldering and hot. you can field the smoke. three people died in this small community alone, one of them up small community alone, one of them up the street over here. this is one of the coastal downswing tourists have been given hours to evacuate. many of them have been trying to get out but it has been very hard to leave because the conditions around us are leave because the conditions around us are still quite hazardous. residents are still in shock at what happened to their town. some have left other state to defend their homes. we could see it coming and it wasjumping homes. we could see it coming and it was jumping from house to house.

there were plans underneath the front of the houses and theyjust would explode into flames and then they were members everywhere. that house just caught fire. this one appeared, it went behind and then to down so we had nearly eight houses alight. ——2. did we cheat it? we would not have survived. yes... it is pretty traumatic. good morning to you. tell us more about the new state of emergency and the massive evacuation going on? some of the

tourists have been told they needed tourists have been told they needed to evacuate within the next 48 hours because of the bad conditions predicted on saturday. thousands of them, many, many families have heeded the call. i am standing on the princes highway, the main access road, and really, it looks like a huge parking lot. a long row of vehicles that stretches tens of kilometres and they are not going anywhere. people sang, we feel stranded. we have been told we have to leave and now we cannot move. and the reason for that is conditions have been deemed too dangerous. we have been deemed too dangerous. we have had electricity poles that have collapsed, trees that have collapsed on the road as well so firefighters not taking any chances. having

evacuated those fire ravaged areas, they are now not able to get home. the brighter power shortages, but also people are running out of fuel. iam standing also people are running out of fuel. i am standing opposite a gas station and it has no diesel or gas. people are getting worried before those conditions come through. thank you very much. the latest on the australian bushfire crisis. in other news rail fares will rise by nearly three percent today, the first working day of the year. the increase comes after another twelve months of poor performance by train companies. a government—commissioned review of the railways is due to publish its findings in the coming weeks. victoria is at london bridge station this morning. many passengers will want to know when will higher ticket prices come with a reliable service? and where is all that money going to? good morning to you and

happy new year to those returning from their break. a better dealfor some people. yet another year of rail fa res people. yet another year of rail fares rises. train fares have gone up fares rises. train fares have gone up faster than wages every single time in the last decade. people wonder if that represents good value for money. more of half of us do not believe we get good value for the tickets. can you blame us? how can you be sure you are getting the right and cheapest ticket? in terms of punctuality, this is a big bugbearfor of punctuality, this is a big bugbear for people as well, particularly commuters coming in on peak services. one in three trains was actually late last year and it was actually late last year and it was worse in the middle of the year. some franchises have done so poorly, they have decided not to put up

ticket prices. the 2.7% rise is not across the entire network. there are across the entire network. there are a huge number of issues, overcrowding, strikes, the right sort of ticket for your system, the government says they are going to be looking at this and they said they are looking at more flexible fares and they are starting trials on that today. there is an independent review into all of this and there will be questioned into whether or not keith williams, in charge of that review, will come back for a nswe i’s that review, will come back for answers the passages and whether or not they will fix a pretty broken relationship with the public and the pa rt relationship with the public and the part public part private railway. lots of people very interested in what is going on. and we'll be talking to the transport secretary grant shapps at 8:10 this morning. a new study suggests that artificial intelligence is as accurate as humans in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms. the ai programme analysed

x—rays from nearly 29,000 patients. it was as accurate in detecting cancer as two expert radiologists working together. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. the three people who were killed in a new year's eve crash, involving a lorry near heathrow airport were british airways cabin crew. the victims were in their 20s. a 25—year—old woman is also in a serious condition in hospital. a british airways spokesperson said their thoughts are with their families and friends. social media addicts, gym junkies and binge drinkers are all being targeted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal is underpinned by research which claims that young people believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. where does confidence come from? how you look? this, the latest in a series of high—profile

recruitment campaigns is aimed at young people, many of whom research suggests lack self—confidence or feel inadequate when comparing their lives to others. you are coming out tonight! the bold came from the army's £3 million appeal is army confidence lasts a lifetime. in contrast to the quick fix hits of say social media and fast fashion. take those dusty things of your feet. take those dusty things off your feet. the army hopes to build on the success of last year's campaign, which saw a record number of applications though still only 10% of those made it through to basic training. come on mate, nearly there. in the past, there's been harsh criticism form mps over the decision to outsource recruitment to a private contractor. capita and the army say they've dramatically improved the system. the army has also introduced new training programmes to help prepare young people who may struggle with fitness and literacy to meet basic entry

requirements. but despite claims of progress, the british army is still well below its target strength. the problem is notjust about recruitment, but retention too. jonathan beale, bbc news. if you have lodged any westerns, you might have seen alone tumbleweed across a deserted town. what would look like when there is more than one? 0h, look like when there is more than one? oh, my gosh. no way. a us highway had to be closed after piles of tumbleweed buried clouds in washington taste. i cannot believe that can happen but it has. good morning and lovely to have you back. it is great to be back and a fantastic story to tell you. it is

basically try and try again. peter 'snakebite' wright had lost ten finals but he managed to defeat the champion to take the title for the first time. against well number one michael van gerwen. he first time. against well number one michaelvan gerwen. he had previously lost ten of the 11 major finals. we will be talking to him later. west ham celebrated the return of david moyes as manager with a 4—0 thumping of bournemouth. sebastien haller‘s goal was the pick of the bunch. the hammers move out of the relegation zone, with bournemouth replacing them. arsenal ended a run of four consecutive home defeats, with a 2—0 win over manchester united. nicolas pepe and sokratis the scorers. it's michael arteta's first victory as gunners manager. they certainly seem

transformed. second placed leicester won 3—0 at newcastle. they're ten points behind leaders, liverpool, who play sheffield united today, one of two games in hand. lots of football dues to tell you about in the next 20 minutes. excellent. carol is looking at the weather. good morning everybody, a cloudy start and for many of us, we will hang onto a fair bit of cloud but some rain courtesy of two weather fronts. some will be heavy, particularly across the north—west of the country and one look at the us of the country and one look at the us about will also tell you it will also be wendy. the strongest winds across the north and west. —— wendy. —— wendy. the first weather fronts through scotland and northern

england. the second one follows on right behind. into western scotland and northern ireland. that one could be heavy but it could have hail and thunder in it. a windy day in prospect. particularly windy in the north and west. look at the temperatures, 10— i2 north and west. look at the temperatures, 10— 12 degrees, not too bad at all for this stage in january because it is so windy it will take the edge off those temperatures. as the weather front sinks south through thursday and friday, watch out for the blue use returning. it will turn that bit cooler. maybe not clearly the far south—east until the middle of the afternoon. behind it, brighterskies and sunny spells. showers in the north and west. a following

of snow on the top of the hills. tomorrow, in shetland, strong winds, possibly severe gales later even down to lower levels. temperatures 3—9d but in the sunshine, the could be some compensation. through the weekend, high pressure remains in the south but an array of weather fronts through the north and west of the uk and at times they will bring in thicker clouds and some spots of rain. in southern areas and some eastern areas, on saturday, dry conditions and sunshine but more cloud as we push further north and asa cloud as we push further north and as a front rattles across us, this is when we will see some of that rain. six in aberdeen, ten in plymouth, cardiff and london. sunday, the fronts moving around the top of high pressure. a southerly wind. a lot of dry weather around, sunny spells look forward to as well

and temperature wise on sunday, when looking at recovering slightly so nine, ten or ii looking at recovering slightly so nine, ten or 11 degrees but next week looking more unsettled for some of us with potentially strong winds and disruptive in the north of the country but more on that later. we are warned, carol. see you a little bit later. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. the daily mail claims the number of teenagers and young children admitted to hospital for eating disorders has surged over the past ten years. the times newspaper says sales of red meat have plummeted, while the number of people taking up a vegan diet in britain has doubled since 2016. the guardian has this dramatic picture of the fires in australia. lots of papers have this picture. the army and navy have now been deployed to help fight the fire and get people to

safety. we'll be speaking to the photographer in the next half hour. and online, the website of the australian telegraph is reporting on the massive evacuation operation currently under way. it says firefighters are warning that "entire towns could be lost" as the flames continue to spread. a very worrying time for the people there. what have you got? is a busy time for football with christmas and the new year. what is it about a new boss coming in, a new manager, that lifts a team ? boss coming in, a new manager, that lifts a team? this happened to arsenal, mikel arteta, lifts a team? this happened to arsenal, mikelarteta, he has registered his first win as arsenal boss, the gunners be manchester united, and it's really interesting to watch these players. arsenal, for quite a while now, the players haven't always seen —— seem to be particularly engaged with the fans. but until yesterday, they were

so engaged, trying to whip up the crowd and the crowd really, really responded to them. so whatever arteta is doing, it's working. i also want to show you theirs. jose mourinho, he is a little bit controversial, he says "i was rude, but i was rude to an idiot." he was booked by going over to the southampton bands to try and look and see what they were writing down, perhaps to get an advantage over their tactics or actually, just to wind them up. i think the only person who got wound up was himself. and he got in trouble? he did. i wa nt to and he got in trouble? he did. i want to talk about the massive hangover. , today is the top six day of the year. it will cost £5 billion according to analysts. i don't know how they add up all these figures but nearly one in eight workers will go injanuary during the first week of january, most absences logged

today. the first day back after the new year back holiday. just because people can't be bothered? everyone has a bit of that idea at the moment. —— a bit of a bug. has a bit of that idea at the moment. -- a bit of a bug. you are here now, doing thejob. moment. -- a bit of a bug. you are here now, doing the joblj moment. -- a bit of a bug. you are here now, doing the job. i never miss a day's work. there you go. most of them are due to colds or flu. there you go, have faith stop get to work. keep the gap, just keep the gap. we have sat next to you over extremely heated conversations. i think the moral of the story is sometimes if you are genuinely ill... you had pneumonia that day you came to work. it's my work

ethic, i can't just, you came to work. it's my work ethic, ican'tjust, it's you came to work. it's my work ethic, i can'tjust, it's so strong i can't. here you go. if you want to feel better, here you go, this is what you do. you be nice to someone. we have all the studies going on about how to kill pain, well, one of them has been looking at if you do something nice for someone else... it's going to make you better. it won't cure the flu, but it will make you feel less pain. what do we need to do? in this one, subjects were asked to consider donating money for orphans, then their brains were scanned as they received electric shocks. regions that interpreted pain received less because they had done something nice beforehand. well... that's quite a serious study, i'm not sure if i want to volunteer for that one. this is

an interesting one we mentioned in the news bulletin about the intelligence programme, it's apparently better at spotting breast cancer in mammograms than doctors. we are talking about ita than doctors. we are talking about it a little bit later as well. we'll be talking to about the future of technology and what they are predicting for 2020. this is extraordinary, isn't it? if it proves its worth in clinical trials, the software could make screening more effective and is the burden on health services such as the nhs, where radiologists are in short supply. indeed. we will pick up on that story right now. there are right now? —— right now? a study involving nearly 29,000 women has found that a new computer system is just as accurate as doctors, when it comes to spotting breast cancer. it's the result of work by researchers at google health and imperial college london. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh.

reading a mammogram is highly skilled work, done by specialist doctors. two radiologists analyse every woman's x—rays but now artificial intelligence, a machine learning computer designed by google health can do itjust as well as humans. compared to a single radiologist working alone, artificial intelligence was actually more accurate at detecting breast cancer. ai produced i.2% fewer false positives, where a healthy mammogram is incorrectly diagnosed as cancerous. and there were 2.7% fewer false negatives where a cancer is missed. this study shows us that in the future it might be possible to make that screening programme more accurate and more efficient, which means less worrying time waiting for patients' results and better outcomes overall. helen edwards has been clear of breast cancer for 15 years. she was a patient representative

on the panel which approved google health's access to the anonymized health data. initially i was concerned, google, what are we going to do this information, what are we going to do with the data? but when i thought about it, longer—term it can only benefit women in having less recalls when you haven't got a cancer. doctors will always have the final say over a diagnosis, but ai seems set to play an increasing role in cancer detection. fergus walsh, bbc news. we will be talking about technology and how it's changing the world in the future we will live in. cast your mind back to 1989 — the fall of the berlin wall, tim berners—lee came up with the idea of the world wide web, and a pint of beer cost 96p. things have changed an awful lot since then. but has life at the start of this new decade turned out like we thought it

would? here's a clip from the bbc‘s tomorrow's world, filmed in 1989, when they were predicting how we'd be living in 2020. what are going to be the biggest changes in our homes by 2020? will the house of the future protect the environment? and what new technology do researchers think we will be living with? well, we've been talking to some of the people who have been thinking about the home of the future. christine mcnulty.|j started the home of the future project to find out what people will wa nt project to find out what people will want from their homes. they want all the benefits of modern technology but without all this cluttered and complex gadgetry we have today. they wa nt complex gadgetry we have today. they want homes that work for them. by 2020, all of this will be possible. we'll have things under control without all these knobs and buttons. and what's more, the technology itself will be embedded in the very fabric of the house and its furnishings. so the idea is, once

all the clutter of technology is gone, you'll be able to furnish your rooms in any style you like. you won't actually be able to see the technology, but it will be there, doing itsjob technology, but it will be there, doing its job without getting in your way. that means the lights automatically switch off and on as you walk between rooms, and the house learns how you like them. a simple command gives you music piped information and library. power, please. no more power points, bugs become pads, picking up power from anywhere on the wall. does my plugs. and even windows will take an active pa rt and even windows will take an active part in the home. a simple command could turn a window into a wall, and you could decorate it how you want. 0r, you could decorate it how you want. or, it could be a television or a computer screen. well, that may be a little futuristic or too expensive for most people. but there is one area where homes are going to have to change. there will have been

enormous pressure on us to to change. there will have been enormous pressure on us to cut to change. there will have been enormous pressure on us to cut down on our burning of fossil fuels to protect the environment. this means that energy management in our homes will become of equal importance. there are already materials that can help. this honeycomb material is being used on the outside of a building in strathclyde to help heat it byjumping building in strathclyde to help heat it by jumping the building in strathclyde to help heat it byjumping the energy and infusing daylight as it hits the walls. and aero gel, this is average out here, is a form of glass with a similar structure at a microscopic level. it can do the same job, but it will be thinner and transparent. and if these two things become widely used by 2020, the coatings could one day reduce heating bills almost to zero, and help to cut down our use almost to zero, and help to cut down our use of fossil fuels. that was absolutely fascinating! and curiously accurate in some ways. lights going on and off when you walk in the room... and screens that can be walls or tvs or whatever you wa nt can be walls or tvs or whatever you want them. i don't have one, but some people do. you that you have one of those things where you can

plug your head dry —— hairdryer in? don't you find that annoying? all the plugs you still have to have. 0h, the plugs you still have to have. oh, i'm going to do my hair here. very handy! i'll give it to you for that. if you've got thoughts on that, what do you think? where have we got into? what would you have liked to have changed as well? you can e—mail us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the #bbcbreakfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. it's interesting, they had it right on the money about fossil fuels. spot on. still working on that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm geeta pendse. anti—islamic slogans have been

painted on a building near a mosque in south london. the graffiti was found on a building close to the north brixton islamic cultural centre yesterday morning. the met police say they are investigating who was responsible and working with the local council to remove the offensive remarks. it comes less than a week after anti—semitic graffiti was found on buildings in north london. crossrail‘s chief executive has insisted he does have a grip on the delayed project. mark wild said the line which will run through central london, linking berkshire and essex, will open this year with no extra money required. mr wild said 2019 had been a "pretty good year" for the programme, with work completed including tunnelling, tracks and overhead lines. however, he acknowledged that progress on verifying safety aspects of the railway has been slower than expected. special speakers on london's electric buses will play a sound to let vulnerable road

users know they're there. it's to make them safer because the zero—emission engines don't make much noise when they're moving slowly. the trial starts this month on the 100 route and from next year all vehicles that don't usually make a noise will legally have to have the sound added. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes so far this morning. on the roads, the 8205 south circular —— on the roads the a205 south circular has lane restrictions to the north of kew bridge — that's for cycle super highway works. on the a205 sth circular there are lane restrictions to the north of kew bridge for cycle super highway works. commuter traffic is looking lighter than usual this morning. this is the picture at the blackwall tunnel approach. on the trains — south western railway has replacement buses between epsom and ewell west. there's also an ammended timetable today and tommorrow. now, the weather. hello. good morning. it will feel

very mild indeed for the second january 2020. temperature is above average for this time of year but there is an awful a lot of cloud around so it is very, very grey. a bit murky, too. mist over the tops of the hills and the south—westerly wind is set to pick up the other day as well. so it might not feel as mild as these temperatures would suggest. we're looking at highs today between ten and 12 celsius but we are set to keep that low cloud all day, very little in the of brightness. it won't be completely dry because there will be some outbreaks of drizzle at times. overnight tonight there is a weather front gradually drifting its way down towards the south—east. we will see some outbreaks of rain through the early hours and a bit of light, patchy rain, to into tomorrow morning, but it is a frost—free start of the day. in fact, temperatures in central london may well remain in double figures. tomorrow after that whether frankly that way south—eastwards, it will still feel my but it will gradually get colder through the day and there will be a bit of sunshine emerging to the afternoon. sunny spells on saturday and it's looking dry, too, on sunday. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. it's 6:30. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning, 2020 will see changes to the organ donation law in england — we'll hear from the parents of 1—year—old ethan who desperately needs a new heart. we'll catch up with the woman who lived last year only buying the basic essentials in order to cut down on waste — but did it work? and if this is the year you're determined to transform your life, we'll have some expert advice for you just after nine o'clock. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new south wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis.

thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. at least eight people have died, and 17 remain missing. the australian government is urging people to register for evacuation support. rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets from today. victoria is at london bridge station for us. tell us a little more about these changes? good morning. london bridge is one of the oldest and busiest stations in london and it is places like this and if redevelopment of them is where the industry thinks them is where the industry thinks the money is going. it has had a £1 billion facelift. it means that our fa res billion facelift. it means that our fares go up every single year. wages have gone up less than train fares in the last ten years every single

year. millions of consumers and commuters over the next year or so will be pretty upset about what is going on given the performance of lots of the rail companies. sarah is from transport focus. do you think our railway delivers for passengers? we speak to thousands of passengers every year and only have think they think it is good value for money so the answer is no. one in three are happy. what appears to be the big problem? overcrowding, happy. what appears to be the big problem ? overcrowding, strikes, happy. what appears to be the big problem? overcrowding, strikes, the tickets? it is performance. if you cannot rely on the train to allow you to live the rest of your life, feeling you have to pay more and more for the same service is never going to go down well. the other big issuesis going to go down well. the other big issues is a fact there are so many fa res issues is a fact there are so many fares in the system. 55 million

different types of fares. do people know they are getting the right ticket? it is really hard. it is really complex. it has a grown—up over a long time. it is hard to know if you're getting the right deal. in this to be simpler and easier and offer better value. that would include tickets that reflect the way we live now. lots of these fares was that when men were going to work in a london office. this is not how we live now. there are no regular patterns and tickets need to reflect that. claire, one of the things they are announcing today is trials towards more flexible ticketing. do you think it will help? i think any trial is a step in the right direction but we are seeing a need for wholesale reform around the ticketing system. we do not work

in a 9—to—5 pattern anymore and businesses are trying to meet the needs of their customers and supply chain. they are baffled by a ticketing system set up for 9—5, five days a week. we need wholesale reform and quickly. businesses are also frustrated with the rail network. their satisfaction is also falle n network. their satisfaction is also fallen and they will be asking when can we see better performance for our businesses and also for the tale nt we our businesses and also for the talent we move around. is there any point in having things like season anymore if you are not working 9—5. they can be good value for some people many are paying a part—time penalty. they may have caring responsibility or other reasons and they are having to buy. a full—scale ticket. if feels unfair that we

have a system that does not work for the modern workplace and we need to see reform. thank you very much. the train companies will say that 98% of every pound spent actually goes back and is invested in the system. the government says to expect a year ahead of real change and year of real action. we are going to have the transport secretary on the show, grant shapps. an independent review is likely to come back with final recommendations. they will try to fix a broken relationship with the public and the part public part private railway system. thank you. a new study suggests that artificial intelligence is as accurate as humans in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms. the a! programme analysed x—rays from nearly 29,000 patients.

it was as accurate in detecting cancer as two expert radiologists working together in the current nhs system. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for children aged 18, according to new nhs data. the numbers also show that the total number of admissions have risen by more than a third across all age groups for the last two years. experts have branded the figures worrying and have urged the government to promote early intervention. the victims of crash were british airways crews. a spokesperson says their spokesman with their family and friends. social media addicts, gym junkies and binge drinkers are all being targeted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal, is the latest in a series which have been launched at the start of a new year. it's off the back of research which claims that young people

believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. those are the main stories. let's look at the sport. don't be held back by a lack of self—confidence, keep trying, keep going. this is an example of this example, peter 'snakebite' wright. peter 'snakebite' wright won the pdc world championship darts final at alexandre palace. he had three chances at a double 10 to beat defending champion michael van gerwen. he missed the first two but made it with his final dart to win the title for the first time at the age of 49. it's the first time he's won the title after losing 10 of his 11 majorfinals. what he has achieved is incredible. he has had not next for many, many yea rs. he has had not next for many, many years. got so close and not quite there but there is finally with the trophy in his hand. we will talk to

him later in the programme. david moyes enjoyed a winning return as to west ham. his side thrashed bournemouth 4—0. elsewhere mikel arteta got his first victory as arsenal manager, and there was a goal of the season contender at brighton. nick parrot reports. new year is overseen as a time for making changes. west ham make the biggest by signing david moyes to save them again from the threat of relegation and he got off to the perfect start, guiding them to a 4—0 win after fellow strugglers burma. captain noble lead by example scoring tries. the big of the goal from haller. it has moved them out of the bottom three. we have not even been able to do set pieces because of the time but we had it to organise a team an idea of what we wa nted organise a team an idea of what we wanted so the credit goes to the players for their attitude and determination and no—one

epitomise that more than mark noble. things are looking up. aston villa out of the relegation zone. watford's revival under new boss nigel pearson continues. unbeaten in their last four matches after overcoming wolves despite going down to ten men. no changes at the top of the table. leicester beat newcastle with james maddison and chowdhury scoring spectacular goals to stay ahead of manchester city. they beat everton with two strikes byjesus. commentator: it is a stunner. he went with the spectacular and the fa ns went with the spectacular and the fans cannot quite believe what they have just seen. arsenal beat manchester united. that moved the gunners back into the top half of the table. today

was perfect, new year, new opportunity against a big club. we are delighted to get a win. and tottenham's hopes of champions league football suffered a blow as they lost at southampton and harry kane limped off injured. tottenham manager jose mourinho has said he was "rude with an idiot" after admitting he deserved the yellow card he recieved during the southampton defeat. mourinho was booked after arguing with saints goalkeeping coach andrew sparkes over what was understood to be annoyance at time—wasting tactics. reporter: yellow card for the bench? i think the yellow card is a fair because i was rude but i was rude to an idiotand because i was rude but i was rude to an idiot and for some reason for some reason i

an idiot and for some reason for some reason i was rude. an idiot and for some reason for some reason i was rude. and because i was rude i deserved the yellow card. vintage, he is back back on from doing his thing. we will see bit later on. of the many dramatic images of the australian bushfires, this one is on many of the newspaper front pages this morning. this photo taken in the town of lake conjola in new south wales shows a kangaroo leaping past a burning house. it was taken yesterday by freelance photojournalist matthew abbott who has been covering the bushfires for weeks. we can talk to him now. thank you forjoining us. where were you when you took this photograph and what was going on at the time? thank you. this is at lake

conjola. i had been working along the highway for most of the morning, where the fire had jumped over and i had been in several locations and i came into la ke in several locations and i came into lake conjola where they have been in use lake conjola where they have been in use of a couple of,000 tourists trapped there. —— 2000. this house was on fire. lots of neighbours trying to put the house out, trying to re m ove trying to put the house out, trying to remove garbage bins that were melting. protecting properties with hoses. i was there taking photographs when i saw a bunch of kangaroos fleeing another blaze and they just happen kangaroos fleeing another blaze and theyjust happen to hop right past this house engulfed by flames. theyjust happen to hop right past this house engulfed by flameslj know you have been travelling over the last few weeks and you have been up the last few weeks and you have been up close with these fires. explain to us of what

you have seen? for sure. these fires are unprecedented. they are moving into areas we have not seen before. australia is currently experiencing its worst drought since european history and this has provided a lot of fuel and very dry conditions, which is exactly what fires thrive on. i've been photographing fires all over the state and they have been moving slowly further east, towards the coastline and itjust so happened that a lot of these fires actually reached these coastal areas in the busiest week of the hour. this part of the country is very popular with tourists and there are thousands of tourists and there are thousands of tourists here on holidays that have been caught in the middle of these massive fires. one of the things

we are hearing about looking at some of the devastating images now, is how unpredictable the fires can be sometimes, in terms of the direction they take and the intensity. have you found yourself caught in any situation yourself? yes, absolutely. it isa situation yourself? yes, absolutely. it is a dangerous job. situation yourself? yes, absolutely. it is a dangerousjob. there situation yourself? yes, absolutely. it is a dangerous job. there are times you kind of wondering, should igo times you kind of wondering, should i go down this road or go back. i have been learning how to do this for quite some time from other photographers who are much more experienced than i am and i am trying to take the best decisions that i can but it is important for photographers to be there and see these things as they happen. this image is testament to that because it has been seen around the world and gives you an idea ofjust how serious this current crisis is a australians. you are probably witnessing firsthand how quickly homes, for example, can

be raised to the ground by the flames? absolutely. they do go quick. the other thing as well is that these fires they sort of create their own weather system so you can expect fire coming from one side and then they start doing what is called spot fires and the next minute the area that you are red can be burning from different angles. it is incredibly windy, embers flying through the air, so smokey can hardly see and at some point you cannot drive. it is dangerous to drive at times. definitely, it is a precarious working environment and it is very dangerous for these tourists trapped in these parts. we know that other parts that make everybody being told to get out, are they being able to get out of areas which are

dangerous? as far as i am aware, there are still many areas where tourists are trapped and they are not able to leave because several trees have fallen over the road, there are powerlines that are down and it is going to take days potentially to reach these people. the town mallacoota of india victoria has never shipped employed to pick them up. ——in victoria. it isa to pick them up. ——in victoria. it is a serious situation. your photograph is across the front pages of the whole world so thank you very much, matthew abbott, forjoining us and giving us a real sense of what things are like in australia. a new seven—day state of emergency in some parts of australia announced just this morning so we will keep you up—to—date. and carol is keeping us

up—to—date. and carol is keeping us up—to—date with what is going on here. it's a cloudy one. some drizzle here and there but we have some rain in the forecast, heavy rain at that coming from the north—west, slowly moving south—east words, and it is going to be windy wherever you are. the strongest winds will be in the north and the west. looking at the pressure chart you can see we have two weather front is coming our way today, both bearing rain. the isobars will tell you it is going to be windy. it's already windy in the outer hebrides, 60 miles an hour plus this morning. and yellows on the chart also indicate it is mild. for many parts of the uk today we are looking at temperatures 3—5d above average. a lot of cloud in the south, some brea ks lot of cloud in the south, some breaks of course, and we have our first band of rain moving south—east with, and the second one coming in hot on its heels. this one may have some thunder and lightning

in it as well as some hail. so we will see some brightness goes across parts of north wales, parts of the midlands and northern england, northeast scotla nd and northern england, northeast scotland as we go through the day. but it is going to be windy. temperatures ranging between 10— 12 degrees. now, as we go through this evening and overnight, our weather fronts continue to journey south—east, taking mild air with them, by tomorrow we will see a return to kulu conditions. there go our weather fronts, the cloud and the rain, probably not clearing in the rain, probably not clearing in the far south—east of england until the far south—east of england until the middle of the afternoon. then a lot of dry weather. the bit of sunshine, so is peppering the north—west, which will be wintry on the hills. later we will see some of that wintering is getting down to lower levels in shetland, looking at gales, even severe gales. temperatures will be lower than today, 6—9. but at least for most it will be sunny. then, as we head into the weekend, high pressure remains in charge in the south but we have an array of weather fronts crossing the north and the west, that means in the north and

the west we will see more climate times and some rain. england and inc sunshine, northern ireland also sing sunshine, particularly the further east you travel. temperature—wise, 6—10 or 11 degrees. then on sunday, still a lot of dry weather, still under the influence of that high pressure, in the north we still have weather fronts moving across us, so that more cloud and rain, but the wind coming now from the south so temperatures start to recover in western areas, tans and elevens, evenin western areas, tans and elevens, even in the east we have tans as well. we move into the new working week, looking a bit more unsettled. at times wet and windy and we potentially could have some disruptive wind strengths across the north of the country. i will keep you posted on that as we go through the next few days. thank you, carol. 12 months ago, becky dell set herself a challenge — to stop buying anything

she didn't really need, in order to cut down on waste. inspired by david attenborough's blue planet series, she spent the whole of last year on a strict regime buying only life's essentials. beckyjoins us now to tell us how she got on. good morning to you. so, what did you mean by life's essentials, what did you allow yourself to buy? my strapline was i'm not going to buy anything i don't need, that is up to anyone to decide what that means to them. i could buy food, drink and essential toiletries. ok... nothing else. how hard was it in the beginning's else. how hard was it in the beginnings in the beginning it was easy. i was inspired by watching the programme and wanted to help the environment. got harder as the year went on. i mist buying socks and tights, that was really hard and i kept darning my socks and getting new holes insights. it's been a good lesson, i appreciate my socks off a

lot more from known. -- i missed buying. were you a mad consumer before? something tells me you may have been a thoughtful consumer beforehand. i didn't think i was that much of a consumer, this year has been so interesting to realise how much stuff we buy without thinking about it. so i would encourage anyone to give it a go, do it for a month or three months or a year, just how little you need in your life. the reality is we need a lot less tha n your life. the reality is we need a lot less than we think we do if we buy less, but by better and support uk designers and use renewable fabrics, that can help. it wasn't just that you didn't buy stuff, but you obviously managed to save quite a bit of money, how much? £1621. how did you work cut out?” a bit of money, how much? £1621. how did you work cut out? i gave money to charity instead, and i went through my bank statements for the year and they work out how much i gave to charities. right in a funny way, take your wardrobe for example. if you had bought a lot

of stuff before, clearly it easier because you have a lot more clothes to fall back on. so how do you previously bought a lot of stuff? no, i don't think so. ok. ithinki had bought a lot of stuff? no, i don't think so. ok. i think! had an average amount of things, but for a number of years friends and i had done clothes socks and selling and up done clothes socks and selling and up cycling, being creative. i don't think we necessarily need to buy things, we can borrow them or rent them or swap them. that can give you something new without necessarily buying something. presents, how did you deal with that? i made presence was told my family and friends i was doing it, so i madejam, i did embroideries, i work in a music academy as a dayjob and this year for christmas this year i made and music does accept music decorations, had made. what was really challenging? did you have any white goods they broke? like a washing

stops working and then you are faced with a dilemma, do i really need a washing machine? anything like that that happened that let you in a quandary, whether it was a necessity or indulgence? you're it did. i had many dire internal dilemmas. i was up many dire internal dilemmas. i was upa mountain many dire internal dilemmas. i was up a mountain at —15 degrees and my jacket broke a zipper broke and i was of a mountain for a week and i felt like it was impossible. they had to buy a jacket. i did a gig at the houses of parliament so i had to buy a the houses of parliament so i had to buya pairof the houses of parliament so i had to buy a pair of tights because i had forgot. i was so frustrated with those things but sometimes you have to do it. we can feel a lot of guilt with climate change and things like that, and we just need to encourage people to do whatever they can. the year is over, so what happens now? what are you most excited to be able to buy again? socks! i know it's boring, but it's the truth. i think

the climate emergency, we know we don't have long to deal with this and there are going to be micro and macro solutions to this. while we're waiting for governments to do with the mac i think we can deal with the micro solutions —— while the government is dealing with the macro. maybe using more renewable energy, going meat free or using less, things like that. a lot of people's jobs rely on people less, things like that. a lot of people'sjobs rely on people buying things. that was one of the first things. that was one of the first things my mum said. they got me thinking because i hadn't thought about it from that perspective. i still made sure i was going out and spending money and doing things with people, but tangible things, so still spending money in my community, but doing events with people. i think as soon as we buy stuff, when actually what we need is human interaction and connection. so i think if everybody stopped buying

things overnight, that would be hard for people and i'm not advocating that. but i think more conscious consumerism, less disposable items and fashion items, and making more time with people. making a present for someone is a fantastic thing to do. very interesting. thank you very much. a little bit earlier we show doa much. a little bit earlier we show do a film from tomorrow's world from 1989 that predicted what our homes might look like in 2020. thank you very much for getting in touch with us very much for getting in touch with us this morning about that. a lot of interesting things about that. they we re interesting things about that. they were right, won't they about screens becoming a big and important part of our lives —— they? becoming a big and important part of our lives -- they? and it seems pretty normal when you come into a room and the lights go on, lights they. they got that spot on. they we re they. they got that spot on. they were looking ahead more than 20 yea rs. were looking ahead more than 20 years. this is from alison. i'm amazed how accurate they were, the idea of plugging in anyway is getting there. in the film you could just walk up to a wall with your

hairdryer, put the hairdryer against the wall and it would power on. it doesn't quite happen like that yet. alison says, we're sort of getting there that we can charge mobiles by putting them on a pad or inductive surface. santos says i'm now 46, i think back to those times, walkmans, no mobile phones, video recorders, that was fabulous that you could put aon that was fabulous that you could put a on yourtv that was fabulous that you could put a on your tv remote and set a recording. times have moved on. homes, we can control from mobiles hundreds of miles away. do get in free to get in touch with us does make you feel free to get in touch with us. we would like to hear what you have to say. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm geeta pendse. anti—islamic slogans have been painted on a building near a mosque

in south london. the graffiti was found on a building close to the north brixton islamic cultural centre yesterday morning. the met police say they are investigating who was responsible and working with the local council to remove the "offensive remarks". special speakers on london's electric buses will play a sound to let vulnerable road users know they're there. tone it's to make them safer — because the zero emission engines don't make much noise when they're moving slowly. the trial starts this month on the 100 route and from next year all vehicles that don't usually make a noise will legally have to have the sound added. we need to have a sound because legally, from 2021, because we're going to cleaner bus fleet, we want to make sure electric vehicles and a hybrid vehicles have that sound sooner than that. the ideas we

have designed a sound that is the right and the people who really need to hear it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. i'm happy to say there is a good service on the tubes so far, this morning. on the roads the a205 south circular has lane restrictions to the north of kew bridge — that's for cycle super highway works. fenchurch street is close that london street for gasworks. commuter traffic is looking lighter than usual this morning. this is the picture at the blackwall tunnel approach. on the trains — south western railway has replacement buses between epsom and ewell west. there's also an amended timetable today and tomorrow. on southern trains, buses continue to replace services between redhill and tonbridge and on south—western railway buses replace trains between epsom and ewell west, following the recent landslips near edenbridge and epsom.

hello, good morning. it will be feeling very mild indeed for the second of january today, temperatures above average for this time of year but there is an awful a lot of cloud around so it is very, very grey. and quite bit murky, too. there's a bit of mist over the tops of the hills and the south—westerly wind is set to pick up through the day as well. so it might not feel as mild as these temperatures would suggest. we're looking at highs today between 10—12 celsius but we're set to keep that low cloud all day. very little in the way of brightness. it won't be completely dry because there will be some outbreaks of drizzle at times. overnight tonight there's a weather front gradually drifting its way down towards the south—east. though we will see some outbreaks of rain through the early hours and a bit of light, patchy rain, to into tomorrow morning, but it's a frost—free start of the day. in fact, temperatures in central london may well remain in double figures. now, tomorrow, after that weather front clears its way south—eastwards, it will still feel mild but it will gradually get colder through the day and there'll be a bit of sunshine emerging to the afternoon. some sunny spells on saturday and it's looking dry,

too, on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a state of emergency is declared in new south wales as thousands of people are ordered to flee,

amid forecasts of the worst bushfires australia has seen this season. rail fares rise by an average of almost 3% today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters. ticket prices have risen twice as fast as wages in the last decade. i'm here to talk about another year of rising prices. his message — is "never give up". an emotional peter 'snakebite' wright has won the pdc world championship title beating world number one, michael van gerwen. a cloudy and windy day. more details later. did the predictions come true? floods come has picking

up power anywhere on the wall. it's thursday the 2nd of january. our top story: a seven day state of emergency has been declared in new south wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis. tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. from sydney, phil mercer reports. the mass exodus from southern new south wales is under way. the authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. it has been slow going and the evacuation has been hampered by a lack of fuel but not everyone wants to go. mum wants to state but... i don't know. just all the locals, they are nervous and anxious. everyone isjust on edge. looking at the queues, it would be a

long trip. our motorhome is parked by the water. if anything happens we can go by the water. we were here on new year's eve and that was really, really bad. the fires become political. the australian prime minister scott morrison has said climate change was one of many factors fuelling the blazes. has rejected international criticism that his government, an ardent supporter of the large coal industry, is not taking global warming seriously. the hot, dry and windy conditions forecast for south—eastern australia in the days ahead. this brittle summer continues. phil mercer, bbc news. earlier we spoke to our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil, she was in lake conjola in new south wales, one of the towns affected. some of the tourists have been told early in the morning they needed to

evacuate in the next 48 hours or so because of the bad conditions that are predicted for saturday. thousands of them, many, many families have heeded the call. i am standing on the printers highway, the main access road —— princes highway. it really it looks like a huge parking lot. a long row of vehicles that stretches tens of kilometres along that road and they are not going anywhere. they are just standing there with people say, we feel stranded. we have been told we feel stranded. we have been told we had to leave and now we cannot move. conditions on parts of that road have been deemed too dangerous. electricity poles collapsed, trees that have collapsed on the road as well as other firefighters not taking any chances. right now, people have been told to move but haven't evacuated the fire ravaged areas that are not able to get home. there are power shortages,

telecom is not working but also we're running out of fuel. i am standing opposite a gas station and it has no diesel, no gas. people are getting quite worried because they will not be home before the hellish conditions come through. rail fares will rise by nearly three percent today, the first working day of the year. the increase comes after another twelve months of poor performance by train companies.a government—commissioned review by train companies. a government—commissioned review of the railways is due to publish its findings in the coming weeks. victoria is at london bridge station this morning — passengers will no doubt frustrated to hear fares are passengers will no doubt frustrated to hearfares are going up the services are not great. absolutely right. new year, new dick advocaat for many consumers and commuters, millions, in fact. for many consumers and commuters, millions, infact. —— new for many consumers and commuters, millions, in fact. —— new rise. a

2.7% average increase and it will differ depending on where you are but it is a bitter pill to swallow given the performance that we have had from the rail industry over the last year or so. one in three trains last year or so. one in three trains last year or so. one in three trains last year were running late. it is just not good enough. overcrowding, strikes and the ticket prices keep going up and you're not even guaranteed a seat. in scotland, performance is so poor that the scottish government is actually going to cancel its commitments with the dutch operating group a year earlier than planned because of the loss of the problems that, the government here threatening to do the same with northern that runs the services across the north of england. there is a review going on into all of this and the government will publish its final recommendations based on that review into the next few weeks and we should be able to find out what the

big plan is. we're to have the transport secretary, grant shapps, on the show and he will promise a year of action but will that be enough? passengers are wanting to know lots of answers. a new study suggests that artificial intelligence is as accurate as humans in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms. the a! programme analysed x—rays from nearly 29,000 patients. it was as accurate in detecting cancer as two expert radiologists working together in the current nhs system. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for children aged 18 and under, according to new nhs data. the numbers also show that the total number of admissions have risen by more than a third across all age groups for the last two years. experts have branded the figures worrying and have urged the government to promote early intervention.

the three people who were killed in a new year's eve crash involving a lorry near heathrow airport were british airways cabin crew. the victims were in their 20s. a 25 year—old woman is also in a serious condition in hospital. a british airways spokesperson said their thoughts are with their families and friends. social media addicts, gym junkies and binge drinkers are all being targeted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal is underpinned by research which claims that young people believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. if you watched any westerns over the festive break, you might have seen a lone tumbleweed drifting across a deserted town. but take a look at what happens when there's more than one. a us highway had to be closed yesterday after piles of tumbleweed — up to 30 feet high — blocked the road and buried cars in washington state. but i love about these pictures you see the tumbleweed and then you

realise there's a car buried underneath it. it's now been re—opened. at least it is light but presumably it blows straight back in. from spring this year, all adults in england will be considered as potential organ donors — unless they opt out. it's hoped it could help many of those who are in desperate need of transplant. breakfast‘s tim muffet‘s been to meet one family who know how vital organ donations are. christmas day and ethan first christmas, at the end of a very tough year. ethan needs a heart. it is his only way to survive. with a fence condition, the left side of the heart is not properly pumping. this machine is only design to be on forup to 2— this machine is only design to be on for up to 2— three months. this machine is only design to be on for up to 2- three months. we are

getting to that point now. all these after ethan mahmoud abbas dad underwent a heart transplant a year ago. —— ethan's dad. underwent a heart transplant a year ago. -- ethan's dad. what you think about before is this last time i see everybody. 5096 is so grateful that richard is alive but also grieving for that family. richard is living proof of what organ donation can do. i could not go through what i am going through if richard was not here. in england, the lot will change and all adults will be considered potential organ donors u nless considered potential organ donors unless they opt out. wales already uses unless they opt out. wales already uses the system. scotland will follow suit in the autumn. it is an amazing new piece of legislation coming and stop without that, the amount of lives that this will save, having been implemented, however it does not include children.

and obviously the age range... family did not talk about it or thought about it so it makes it harder for the children to get a hard. we never really thought about it until it happened. everyone discusses everything about their lives or shares so much about their lives what we find it very strange that people do not talk about death —— but. not that everyone wants to but, namely sharing your wishes in the event of your death. we live each day as it is and enjoy while he is here and hope that call comes and it happens. if i spent here and hope that call comes and it happens. ifi spent more here and hope that call comes and it happens. if i spent more time here and hope that call comes and it happens. ifi spent more time being upset about the things i cannot control, i will miss the time i have with ethan now and i do not want to do that because i do not want to ta ke do that because i do not want to take anything, i spent a day crying when i could have spent the day being happy with

him. it gives you a sense of how important it is. joining us now is anthony clarkson who's the director of transplant and donation at nhs england the law is going to change and everybody will be assumed they will donate. one of the circumstances under which you can donate? only about 1% of people that i can actually be in a position to donate after they have died and they have to be in intensive care on a ventilator, generally, in a hospital environment and that is when they approached about the nation. so it is not everybody who would becoming a donor in any way. no, not at all. more people can donate tissue donation, but for organ donation, it isa donation, but for organ donation, it is a very small per cent of people

that can donate and that is why it is so precious, incredibly precious gifts. how much difference do you think this change will make to how many organs can be donated? we believe it will make a big change. the vast majority of people tell us in surveys to support donation but 60% of families supported. there is a difference between what they want and what the family wants. moving to these legislation will mean that they will know whether they have opted out and, if they have not, they have agreed to donation. opted out and, if they have not, they have agreed to donationm practice, in that dreadful situation where someone is in intensive care ona where someone is in intensive care on a support machine. is it still the case that the family will be asked? what is the protocol around that? in the cases where you can potentially be a donor, they would contact potentially be a donor, they would co nta ct a potentially be a donor, they would

contact a specialist nurses highly trained in communication skills and donations along with the consultant looking after the patient. they will approach the family about the options and if they have not opted out, they will talk to them about them being a donor and asked them if they knew any information about them wanting to be a donor. the families will always be involved. the ultimate decision will remain with the loved ones? but we would ask them to honour the decision of a loved ones and most families do. there are particular communities that you would like to be part of this? the legislation is for everybody in the uk but we know that some communities have got concern about it. the black and asian communities have concern about it and we want them to get involved and we wa nt and we want them to get involved and we want to inform them and ensure there are no myths around donation. that is what key. the families will a lwa ys that is what key. the families will always be included to make sure there are any cultural

or religious aspects to be maintained. there is often contact between the families or individuals who have received organ transplants and those people who have lost a loved one and that can go on for many, many years?m can. families take great pride from the donation. the company brings and the donation. the company brings and the legacy it brings for many years after is tremendous. —— comfort it brings. did you see how much difference it can make? particularly on the donation site, many families get co mfo rt on the donation site, many families get comfort from this. they get comfort their loved one has gone on to save others but also the benefit to save others but also the benefit to the recipient, it is truly life—saving and definitely life enhancing, even

for cornea transplant big apple to see again. thank you for coming in. ——it is great to be able to see again. a fair bit of cloud around today, some rain and the forecast and today is going to be a windy day across the board. the strongest winds will be on the north and the west. this morning we have seen gusts of over 60 malls are now in the outer hebrides. two runs coming our way today, both bearing rain. this array of tells you it is going to be a windy day. the wind is coming up in the south, is a relatively mild for this time of year, as you can see from the yellows and ambers, but it will be short—lived. a lot of cloud around, some breaks across northern and eastern parts wales, the midlands, north—east of those will follow us throughout the day in the cloud in the west is thick enough for some drizzle. also

northern ireland, that is going to be slipping south—east woods throughout the afternoon. a bit of a love behind with some showers and then we have the next band of rain coming our way, following the same track, this, too, will be heavy in places with some thunder and some hail in it. these black circles represent the gust strengths of winds we are expecting. you can see wherever you are it is going to be pretty windy. temperatures 9— 12 degrees, which across the uk is a good 3—5d, depending on where you are, above average for the second of january. watch how these weather fronts continue to think southwards, taking out yellow colours with them. behind we're back into cooler conditions as the wind switches to westerly. we started with cloud and rain, moving down into the south—eastern corner, probably no clearing in the far south—east mid afternoon. behind it a lot of dry weather, a bit of sunshine and some showers. most of

the showers in the north and west and on the hills some of those will be wintry. we are also looking at gales or severe gales across shetland tomorrow. and there will be some snow showers for you, and later in the day we will see some of those adding down to lower levels as well. as we head into saturday we have high pressure in in the south. fronts moving across the north, so in the north and the west it will be cloudier and we will see some spots of rain as well. in the east, scotland, eastern england, actually much of england and wales having some sunshine or at worst sunny intervals with bright spells. temperatures down a bit on friday, but still 6—10. in the sunshine that won't feel too bad at all. i sunday this ridge of high pressure is still in charge in the south, still weather fronts coming in across the north, so that means it's still cloudy in the north and west with some rain at times. cloudier skies the further east you travel.

if you are wondering about next week, next week is also looking rather u nsettled. week is also looking rather unsettled. it will be windy at times as well, particularly so in the north and the wind strength may prove to be disruptive, so that something that we will keep you posted about. oh, thank you very much, carol. see you in 30 minutes. it's the start of a new decade, the 2020s are here. but cast your mind back 30 years and would any of us have predicted how much we would come to rely on technology and gadgets in our everyday lives? in 1989, the bbc‘s tomorrow's world programme took an educated guess at what our homes would be like today. let's take a look. synth music what are going to be the biggest changes in our homes by 2020? will the house of the future protect the environment? and what new technology do researchers think we'll be living with? well, we've been talking to some of the people who've been thinking about the home of the future.

christine mcnulty. i started the home of the future project to find out what people will want from their homes. they'll want all the benefits of modern technology but without all this cluttered and complex gadgetry that we have today. they'll want homes that work for them. by 2020, all of this will be possible. we'll have things under control without all of these knobs and buttons. and what's more, the technology itself will be embedded in the very fabric of the house and its furnishings. so the idea is, once all the clutter of technology is gone, you'll be able to furnish your rooms in any style you like. you won't actually be able to see the technology, but it will be there, doing its job without getting in your way. that means the lights automatically switch off and on as you walk between rooms, and the home learns how bright you like them. a simple command gives you music, perhaps piped in from a sound library. bach, please. soft music plays and no more power points

— plugs become pads, picking up power from anywhere on the wall. and even windows will take an active part in the home. so, a simple command could turn a window into a wall, and you could decorate it how you want. or, it could be a television, or a computer screen. well, that may be a little futuristic or too expensive for most people. but there's one area where homes are going to have to change. by 2020, there will have been enormous pressure on us to cut down on our burning of fossil fuels to protect the environment. this means that energy management in our homes will become of critical importance. there are already materials that can help. this honeycomb material is being used on the outside of a building in strathclyde to heat it byjumping the energy and diffusing daylight as it hits

the walls. and aerogel — this is aerogel here — is a form of glass with a similar structure at a microscopic level. it can do the same job, but it'll be thinner and transparent. and if these two things become widely used by 2020, the coatings could one day reduce heating bills almost to zero, and help to cut down our use of fossil fuels. we'rejoined in our london newsroom by the former tomorrow's world presenter, maggie philbin, and here in the studio by technology journalist and futurist adrian mars. good morning both of you. thank you for joining good morning both of you. thank you forjoining us. maggie, it was so lovely watching that and actually, in many ways it was spot on, wasn't it? i think they did a very good job. when you think they were talking pre— internet, and in 1989, if you had a mobile phone you were one of the very few. i think they did a very good job. lets pick up that point about fossil fuel, because we are still talking about that, decades later, aren't we? yeah, ithink that, decades later, aren't we? yeah, i think that was a very key phrase in that clip which

is about the homes of the future are going to be the ones that we want to have. i think the drive towards the truly sort of sustainable environmentally friendly and of course fully inclusive home has actually been a little slower than we imagined. but the drive to have this is growing apace. and certainly is one of the things i've been thinking about for a long time. i would dearly love to build my own truly carbon neutral home. i'm not sure i could afford to do that, but i think many people are thinking that way. i mean, how amazing would it be? i was onto this morning and many people were echoing this, saying how amazing to have a maintenance free home. and i think thatis maintenance free home. and i think that is the sort of thing we dream of stop if we really want it, then there is a lot of evidence to show thatis there is a lot of evidence to show that is the way technology will

go. interesting, adrian, i can see you are clutching a few devices there. this has become the only purpose device. it is what has enabled the smart home. there are lots and lots of smart home gadgets that have been floating around for the last years following that video, but when the smartphone came out with alexa and the like have, all of these things can be integrated and talk to each other and be controlled from one place and do clever things like know when we're away from home and switch on the heaters when we come back. you may be doing that, but i certainly don't do that. do you think we are slow adopters in a way of the new technology?” think we are slow adopters in a way of the new technology? i think so, ikea is really

pushing adoption. i think normal people, i may ten years behind early adopters, but it is a trade that is definitely happening. but we aren't getting rid of things like switches. this text goes wrong, the internet connection still go down, we still need things like light switches to override these things and we still need basic thermostats to override all the cleverness because this stuff does go horribly wrong. i think the big trend in the next 30 years will be robotics in the home. i think in 30 yea rs we robotics in the home. i think in 30 years we will have a robot that can do sort of all the work of — that a clea n do sort of all the work of — that a clean i do, and clothes, put things away, feel the dishwasher, take care of us when we are old. that actually will lead to devices possibly becoming dumber. because you don't need a smart fridge to monitor what is going on and order things if the

robot can remember it all and remember what it put in the fridge. with your tomorrow's world head on, if you are doing that now, looking 30 years ahead, what picture would you make of the home? is quite interesting! i did a film fairly recently interesting! i did a film fairly rece ntly o n interesting! i did a film fairly recently on some very advanced robotics —— that is quite interesting. i hope this robot that was supposed to be able to navigate some very was supposed to be able to navigate some very complicated terrain. we stood there and we said right, that's it in actions. the first thing you did was hurl itself and throw itself on one side. then it did it again. —— the first thing you did it again. —— the first thing you did was. i think in terms of assistive technology, when we are driving, i think that is going to be very interesting. i'm not sure about the absolutely driverless cars, but ido the absolutely driverless cars, but i do feel assistive technology is going to come on in leaps and bounds and hopefully it will make us much safer drivers as we get older. briefly, i know you have talked about nano tack i don't even know

what that is? that is everything from micro machines, sort of the size of grains of dust to the molecular level. we are way off seeing this in the day today, we already have micro machines in our phones, the sensors work out what position the phone is in, micro machines. tiny staff, but you can imaginea smart machines. tiny staff, but you can imagine a smart dust youth are at a window and it cleans your window, clea ns your window and it cleans your window, cleans your carpet, —— you throw out a window. you can imagine tiny machines sitting on your hairs, it knows how long you what you had to be, cut your hair and climbs down again to the bottom of your hair was that you could get a haircut every single day. the long—term idea is that if we — and i don't think we will get there in 30 years, if we truly master technology and the way

that nature can do things —— in the way nature can do things, just in the way that a cow could be viewed asa the way that a cow could be viewed as a machine in that it turns grass into me, if we learn so many great molecules, we could have the signed of magic creative thing like in star trek that makes any object on demand, rearranges atoms into the molecules and objects we want. it's very fanciful, very science—fiction, perhaps 200 years from now? in 30 yea rs perhaps 200 years from now? in 30 years time they are going to play theirs and they are going to laugh at us. we will have to leave it there, but thank you very much. lovely to see both of you. what were they cold? nanotechnology. -- what we re they cold? nanotechnology. -- what were they called? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm geeta pendse.

anti—islamic slogans have been painted on a building near a mosque in south london. the graffiti was found close to the north brixton islamic cultural centre in brixton road yesterday morning. the met police say they're investigating who was responsible and working with the local council to remove the "offensive remarks". crossrail‘s chief executive has insisted he does have a grip on the delayed project. mark wild said the line which will run through central london, linking berkshire and essex, will open this year with no extra money required. mr wild said 2019 had been a "pretty good year" for the programme, with work completed including tunnelling, tracks and overhead lines. however, he acknowledged that progress on verifying safety has been slower than expected. special speakers on london's electric buses will play a sound to let vulnerable road users know they're there. tone it's to make them safer

because the zero—emission engines don't make much noise when they're moving slowly. the trial starts this month on the 100 route and from next year all vehicles that don't usually make a noise will legally have to have the sound added. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's still a good service on the tubes this morning. we on the tubes this morning. will keep you updated t the we will keep you updated throughout the morning. on the roads the a205 south circular has lane restrictions to the north of kew bridge — that's for cycle superhighway works. in the city, fenchurch street is closed at london street for gas main work. traffic is being diverted. on the whole, commuter traffic is looking lighter than usual this morning. on the trains — south—western railway has replacement buses between epsom and ewell west.

now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will be feeling very mild indeed for the second of january today, temperatures well above average for this time of year but there's an awful a lot of cloud around so it is very, very grey. and quite bit murky, too. there's a bit of mist over the tops of the hills and the south—westerly wind is set to pick up through the day as well. so it might not feel as mild as these temperatures would suggest. we're looking at highs today between 10—12 celsius but we're set to keep that low cloud all day. very little in the way of brightness. and it won't be completely dry because there'll be some outbreaks of drizzle at times. overnight tonight there's a weather front gradually drifting its way down towards the south—east. though we will see some outbreaks of rain through the early hours and a bit of light, patchy rain, too into tomorrow morning, but it's a frost—free start of the day. in fact, temperatures in central london may well remain in double figures. now, tomorrow, after that weather front clears its way south—eastwards, it will still feel mild but it will gradually get colder through the day and

there'll be a bit of sunshine emerging through the afternoon. some sunny spells on saturday and it's looking dry, too, on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. a seven day state of emergency has been declared in new south wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis. thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. at least eight people have died, and 17 remain missing. the australian government is urging people to register for evacuation support. rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets from today. victoria is at london bridge station for us. good morning. happy new

year, happy new decade but lots of consumers and commuters, they are waking up to the same old story — welfare rises yet again. 2.7% rise across england and wales and it is a headline hard to swallow. it is all because of investment, so says the rail industry, to try and improve things but performance has been pretty patchy at best, some will say a calamity. delays, overcrowding, strikes. one in three trains arrived late last year so no wonder lots of people pretty unhappy with what is going on with the rail industry at the moment. performance has been so poorin the moment. performance has been so poor in places like scotland that the scottish government is actually going to take control of the situation and is now going to cancel the contract with the

dutch company. northern, which runs the servers across the north of england has been across the north of england has been a friend with the same. although that has not happened. from the rail delivery group representing the rail industry. what do you say to people travelling? no-one wants to pay for theirfares, we travelling? no-one wants to pay for their fares, we understand that but by keeping the ingressjust below the rate of inflation, it allows us to effectively cover the day—to—day running costs which frees up the billiards of powered needed to upgrade the system. —— billions needed. we are putting a thousand new carriages throughout the course of 2020 thousand extra services each week as well. ralph as are consistently going up faster than wages and that is why people are

getting hurt. —— railfares. wages and that is why people are getting hurt. -- railfares. if you look at wage inflation, 3.6% is the figure and 2.7% is below the rate of inflation and that allows us to cover the day—to—day costs. we are facing rising cost like any other industry. fuel prices are going up. we need the ticket prices to reflect that so while this is a welcomed, it is myjob but that money is going to be painful and is myjob but that money is going to be painfuland we're is myjob but that money is going to be painful and we're saying it is going to paying for a better service in the future because we are putting a massive investment. —— unwelcomed. you say that every year, why is it

that particularly distances feel that particularly distances feel that satisfaction is falling and consumers, commuters, businesses that rely on it feel the system is getting worse not better. let's look at the reality. there are surveys taken at the reality. there are surveys ta ken by at the reality. there are surveys taken by passenger satisfaction, done independently, 84% satisfaction levels so it is not always a terrible picture but while we appreciate there are pockets of problems around the country, we need to look at punctuality and grab that but we believe investing and doing up but we believe investing and doing up the track works, doing up stations like here in london bridge, will make it better but we are replacing half the entire fleet in great britain by the middle of 2020. that is an enormous feet to do that and we know that passengers are

starting to see those new trains now. 100 new trains on northern. great anglia replacing its entire fleet. this is happening, it is not fa nta sy. fleet. this is happening, it is not fantasy. lots of people concerned about whether they are getting the right value for money and whether they are on the right ticket in the first place. trial starting today for flexible ticket for flexible workers. do you think that is a solution? we think the system as it stands at the moment is not fit for purpose. it was set in stone back in the 19905 when a lot of us were doing the daily 9—5 grind and most of us do not live like that anymore. the rail industry has gone as far as it can in most places but we need to work with government to deliver on a new fare 5tructure work with government to deliver on a new fare structure so we are delighted that the government is 5tarting the5e delighted that the government is 5tarting these trials today and we hope it will produce a system that

operate5 hope it will produce a system that operates the weight people want it to operate it also talks to other tran5port to operate it also talks to other transport systems as well as you goodbye integrated ticket5 perhaps, notju5t in london but around the country as well. thank you very much. speaking of the government, the department of transport is publishing its white paper soon which will be in response to the independent review that set out its recommendations for how to fix our railway system. a year of action is being promised. you can hearfor yourself and from grant shapps at 8:10am. if you have any particular questions for grant shapps get in touch with us. a new study suggests that artificial intelligence is as accurate as humans in diagnosing breast cancer

the a! programme analysed x—rays from nearly 29000 patients. it was as accurate in detecting cancer as two expert radiologists working together — the current nhs system. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for children aged 18 and under, according to new nhs data. the numbers also show that the total number of admissions have risen by more than a third across all age groups for the last two years. experts have branded the figures worrying and have urged the government to promote early intervention. the three people who were killed in a new year's eve crash, involving a lorry near heathrow airport were british airways cabin crew. the victims were in their 20s. a 25—year—old woman is also in a serious condition in hospital. a british airways spokesperson said their thoughts are with their families and friends. social media addicts, gym junkies and binge drinkers are all being targeted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal, is the latest in a series which is launched

in january every year. it's off the back of research which claims that young people believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. those are the main stories. sally is here with this pod and we are going to talk about darts. it throws up great characters. we will also talk about confidence. peter 'snakebite' wright, you can see him ki55ing that fanta5tic trophy. he has admitted he i5 fanta5tic trophy. he has admitted he is perhaps not the most confident of people but, once he has his get up on that his wife help5 people but, once he has his get up on that his wife helps them do that that he feels really confident and it worked for him yesterday. peter " snakebite " wright won the pdc world championship darts final at alexandra palace. he had three chances at a double 10 to beat defending champion michael van gerwen. he missed the first two but made it with his final dart to win the title for the first time at the age of 49.

it's the first time he's won the title after losing 10 of his 11 majorfinals. and we are talking to him at around 8:20am this morning. there were no new year hangovers at the emirates, where mikel arteta got his first win as arsenal manager. david moyes enjoyed a winning return to west ham and there was a goal of the season contender at brighton. nick parrot reports. new year is always seen as a time for making changes. west ham united made their biggest by signing david moyes to save them again from the threat of relegation and he got off to the perfect start, guiding them to a 4—0 win over fellow strugglers, bournemouth. captain mark noble led by example scoring twice. but the pick of the goals come from sebastien haller. it has just a third win in their last 14 games, but moves them out of the bottom three. i've not had any time to go out with the players. we've been here a day and a bit. we have not even been

able to do set pieces, really, because of the time but we've had a little bit to organise a team and give them an idea of what we wanted so i think the credit all goes to the players today, for their attitude and determination and no—one epitomised that more than mark noble. they're not the only team for whom things are looking up. aston villa moved out of the relegation zone, with a win over burnley. and watford's revival under new boss nigel pearson continues. they're unbeaten in their last four matches after overcoming wolves, despite going down to ten men. there were no changes at the top of the table. second—placed leicester beat newcastle, 3—0, with james maddison and hamza choudhury scoring spectacular goals to stay a point ahead of manchester city. they beat everton thanks to two strikes from gabrieljesus. this contender for goal of the month earned brighton a point at home to chelsea. commentator: alireza jahanbakhsh! it is a stunner. he went with the spectacular and the fans cannot quite believe what they have just seen. arsenal beat manchester united, 2—0, to give michael arteta his first win since replacing

unai emery. that moved the gunners back into the top half of the table. today was perfect, new year, new opportunity against a big club, night—time, behind our fans. we are delighted to get a win. and tottenham's hopes of champions league football next season suffered a blow as they lost 1—0 at southampton and striker, harry kane, limped off injured. nick parrot, bbc news. so bad news for spurs, and their managerjose mourinho was booked after remonstrating with southampton's goalkeeping coach. look at these pictures. don't look at the players. that isjose mourinho going down to the southampton bench. he said they were time wasting. and that is him being booked. you have to stay in your area. but maybe his

mood is turning area. but maybe his mood is turning a little, listen to theirs. reporter: your yellow card because you approach the southampton bench? um, i think the yellow card is a fair because i was rude but i was rude to an idiot and for some reason — for some reason i was rude. but i was and because i was rude i deserved the yellow card. for some reason i was red. it is not an apology. in his own way. we've mi55ed an apology. in his own way. we've missed the old jose mourinho, at lea5t missed the old jose mourinho, at least i have. he makes it interesting. carol has all the details for the weather. good

morning, everyone. i have a beautiful weather watchers photo. look at the sky in cumbria. for some of us it is going to be wet, for all of us it is going to be wet, for all of us, it is going to be windy. but there will be some sunshine in the forecast, too. the isobars tell you how windy it is going to be. here too we have two weather fronts coming our way, both producing rain. the wind is coming up from the south—west, is a mall direction for us, as indicated by the yellows and ambers on the chart. but it is going to be short—lived. oh, a cloudy start of the rest of any breaks in north and east wales, the midlands, and scotland. some of those within limited cloud through the course of the day and we have the first band of rain moving to northern ireland and scotland, thinking south—eastwards. some of that will be happy. then there is a love and the next band of rain comes in from behind the second front. heavy in some places with thunder and hail. temperature—wise we're looking at 11-12, but it

temperature—wise we're looking at 11—12, but it will tempered by the wind. 58 mile an hour gusts in the outer hebrides. it's worth mentioning temperatures are above average for this point injanuary, 2-5d average for this point injanuary, 2—5d where you are, above where they are expected to be. the weather fronts bring the rain down towards the south—east, taking meld out with them. behind that committee changed direction of the wind —— behind that the wind changes to westerly. we start off with the remnants of those rain dense pushing cloudy rain off into the near continent by the mid afternoon. in the west there would bea afternoon. in the west there would be a peppering of showers, snow on the tops of the hills, but if you are in saturn tomorrow, well, you could have gales or severe gales, and at times, especially later in the day, you will have snow to lower levels as well. by the time we get to saturday, high pressure in charge in the south, keeping things fine

and settled and dry with some sunshine. in the north we've got a bit more cloud coming our way, with weather fronts careering across the north of the country, we will also see some rain. peter wise, six in the north to 10—11 as we pushed down towards the south. as for sunday, it's a bit more of the same, actually. high pressure is still very much in charge, keeping things settled, eastern areas getting off toa settled, eastern areas getting off to a bright start. you can see the cloud building in from the west and our weather fronts bringing cloud building in from the west and our weatherfronts bringing in some rain. but the wind will be a southerly by then, so temperatures will be starting to pick up once again. and if you're wondering what is happening next week, well, it's going to be windy for some of us, wet as well. the driest conditions further south. a heads up, at the moment it looks like we might see some destructive winds in the northern parts of the country. but we will keep you posted on that when we will keep you posted on that when we are more certain about it. ok, our new year was rather lovely

fillets of people, wasn't it? it was, quite a quiet day weatherwise and it wasn't too cold either. it could have been a lot colder than it was but it was quite pleasant. carol, thank you very much indeed. we just been speaking to grant shapps, the transport secretary and about those increases in fares kicking in today, any thoughts you have on that, we would like to hear this morning. with brexit on the horizon, the government's first budget next month, and a new labour leader just around the corner, 2020 looks set to be another busy year in politics. but is it likely to be as bumpy as last year was? in a moment we'll be joined by two political pundits, but first, josh parry takes a look back. 2019. a year in politics impossible to predict. the defeat over brexit. so the noes habit, the noes

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majority, the brexit hurdles seemed a while away. the ayes have it, the ayes have it! unlock. while 2020's politics seem almost impossible to predict, one thing is certain — brexit will be at the heart of it. joining us now from westminster are ayesha hazarika, columnist at the evening standard and former labour party advisor, and sebastian payne, whitehall correspondent at the financial times. what year it was. so, ayesha, he will get brexit done, is that what is going to happen? well, we will certainly be leaving onjanuary 31, but the question will be how do we get brexit done. and the devil will be in the detail. i think one of the challenges for this new tory administration, with their

impressive landslide victory, as a lot of the constituencies they won will have big manufacturing bases in them and a lot ofjobs, a lot of businesses will be dependent and very interested and anxious about the fine detail of how this trade agreement is actually going to shape out. so yes, i think they will be able to tick the box and we will be leaving, there would be no opposition within parliament in the way we have seen over 2019, when co nsta ntly way we have seen over 2019, when constantly the efforts of brexit we re constantly the efforts of brexit were frustrated. there is going to bea were frustrated. there is going to be a lot of responsibility under a lot of scrutiny under a lot of pressure to make sure that the brexit that is delivered does not harm the communities who have just put their faith harm the communities who have just put theirfaith in harm the communities who have just put their faith in a conservative government. sebastien, let's pick up on that point. how important is it that boris johnson get on that point. how important is it that borisjohnson get this right in lots of different parts of the country? —— sebastian. lots of different parts of the country? -- sebastian. indeed, as ayes ha was country? -- sebastian. indeed, as ayesha was just saying, the question will be what trade—offs need to be made? you can say what wonderful

things will happen with a majority of 80 but delivering on them will be very different of course. boris johnson has set a very firm deadline, the end ofjanuary he wa nts to deadline, the end ofjanuary he wants to have a trade deal to define future relations between the uk and the bloc for years to come. they will be far less exciting than the drama we saw in 2019. but these questions are about what the uk actually wants for brexit. doesn't wa nt actually wants for brexit. doesn't want the power to diverge from the eu's regulations rules, or does it wa nt to eu's regulations rules, or does it want to say something closer to what ayes ha was want to say something closer to what ayesha was saying and protect those manufacturing jobs and supply chain? that question is going to be the big one for the prime minister this year. i think a deal will be done because ultimately is in our interests, in germany's interest and france's interests. but getting there is a difficult process, he

is aided by the majority, but there would be trade—offs. trade—offs for any prime minister is always a challenge. let's look ahead towards the budget. do you think would be the budget. do you think would be the kind of home focus about. you go first. lots and lots of spending. even though we have a conservative government we are likely to see the spending tab open up. hs2, we imagine that will go up ahead, and perhaps hs3 was that tax cuts were lower paid workers, but the conservative are limited by what they can do. they promised no tax rises but huge amounts of spending. there are millions of voters who backed boris johnson for the first time, back the conservatives for the first time in living memory, they are going to want to see something delivered back to them, and that is going to be much more investment, much more spending. but as with every budget, where is the money going to come from? where is the tax

burden going to come from? and he is going to increase borrowing, which you don't normally see from conservative governments. there may be some tension when that happens, probably in february. ayesha, the budget will have some impact on the labour leadership. in the guardian this morning, keir starmer the front runner. he was your money on?” think keir starmer is a strong contender. i wasn't surprised, i am still very much embedded within labour circles, and keir starmer is the name may hearfrom all different names of the labour party from people who supported jeremy corbyn all the way to more blairite or centrist views. i think keir starmer is the person who conservatives via the most in the sense he is seen as more competent than some of the other labour contenders. the other

name, and! other labour contenders. the other name, and i believe she will declare quite soon, isjust name, and i believe she will declare quite soon, is just philips. name, and i believe she will declare quite soon, isjust philips. i think the labour party being led by a woman not from london, i think she has a level of unpredictability that may worry the conservatives as well. the contest looks like it will be quite broad, there will be contenders from all wings of the party and again, it is quite early to put your money on somebody. but i do think definitely keir starmer and just philips are two names to watch out for. sebastien, what is your view? i think it's amazing how far ahead keir starmer view? i think it's amazing how far ahead keirstarmer i5, view? i think it's amazing how far ahead keir starmer is, he is probably the best well— known candidate so far. but i think the continuity corbyn candidates, rebecca long— bailey continuity corbyn candidates, rebecca long—bailey or continuity corbyn candidates, rebecca long— bailey or clive continuity corbyn candidates, rebecca long—bailey or clive lewi5, the shadow trea5urer minister, they are really far behind. what we are actually looking at is

the left of the labour party, which we thought we had seen them 5eize control, it look5 we had seen them 5eize control, it looks like they might not hold onto that so forjeremy corbyn and the people around him, they may be quite disappointed that this election defeat ha5 disappointed that this election defeat has ended not only his premiership and his policies, but also his control of the party.” think that's really important. the labour party has lost four elections in nine years, and the membership is waking up to the fact that we don't just exist to be a virtuous opposition, we are there to try and seek electoral power. we just had our worst defeat in living history. also, the other point to know as well as a lot of new members are joining the new labour party to have a say in this leadership contest. evenif a say in this leadership contest. even if the next leader may not yet bea even if the next leader may not yet be a ministerial material, people recognise it is incredibly important ina recognise it is incredibly important in a democracy to have a functioning, strong, robust opposition and we don't have that at

the moment —— may not yet be prime ministerial material. whatever stripe of politics you come from, thatis stripe of politics you come from, that is not healthy. ayesha hazarika and sebastian payne, thank you for joining us on breakfast this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc londo. i'm geeta pendse. anti—islamic slogans have been painted on a building near a mosque in south london. the graffiti was found close to the north brixton islamic cultural centre in brixton road yesterday morning. the met police say they are investigating who was responsible and working with the local council to remove the "offensive remarks". special speakers on london's electric buses will play a sound to let vulnerable road users know they're there. tone

the sound is to make them safer because the zero—emission engines don't make much noise when they're moving slowly. the trial starts this month on the 100 route and from next year all vehicles that don't usually make a noise will legally have to have the sound added. we need to have a sound on quiet—running vehicles legally, from 2021. because we're going to cleaner bus fleet quicker, we want to make sure that electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles that are quiet have this sound sooner than that. and the idea is that we've designed a sound that is the right sound for people who really need to hear it. a couple from twickenham have brought home a healthy baby boy after 15 rounds of ivf. lewis and hannah vaughanjones — who are both tv presenters — decided to have one last embryo implanted before ending their attempts to get pregnant. baby sonny was born on the 10th of december. they spent £80,000 and six years undergoing fertility treatment. let's take a look at the travel situation now.

there's a good service on the tubes this morning. in aldgate, there's southbound traffic on commercial street — it's looking slow into whitechapel high street. there are temporary traffic lights on walworth road. south—western railway, all lines are blocked between chessington south and hotspur park due to a broken down train. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will be feeling very mild indeed for the second of january today, temperatures well above average for this time of year but there's an awful a lot of cloud around so it is very, very grey. and quite bit murky, too. there's a bit of mist over the tops of the hills and the south—westerly wind is set to pick up through the day as well. so it might not feel as mild as these temperatures would suggest. we're looking at highs today between 10—12 celsius but we're set to keep that low cloud all day. very little in the way of brightness. and it won't be completely dry because there'll be some outbreaks

of drizzle at times. overnight tonight there's a weather front gradually drifting its way down towards the south—east. though we will see some outbreaks of rain through the early hours and a bit of light, patchy rain, too into tomorrow morning, but it's a frost—free start of the day. in fact, temperatures in central london may well remain in double figures. now, tomorrow, after that weather front clears its way south—eastwards, it will still feel mild but it will gradually get colder through the day and there'll be a bit of sunshine emerging through the afternoon. some sunny spells on saturday and it's looking dry, too, on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. good morning, and welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. our headlines today. a state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions in the coming days. rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year

of cancellations and delays for many commuters. ticket prices have risen faster than wages for ten years now. i'm here at london bridge talking to rail bosses and passenger groups about the latest rise in prices. he will bejoining us in the next half hour, peter 'snakebite' wright has won the pdc world championship title beating world number one michael van gerwen a fairly cloudy day ahead of us today and some of us will see sunshine and some of us will have heavy rain coming in from the north—west but for all of us it will be windy. more later. a new decade dawns, but did tomorrow's world's predictions in 1989 for the year 2020 come true? plugs become pads, picking up power from anywhere on the wall. it's thursday the 2nd of january. our top story.

a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new south wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis. tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. from sydney, phil mercer reports. the mass exodus from southern new south wales is under way. the authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. it has been slow going and the evacuation has been hampered by a lack of fuel but not everyone wants to go. mum wants to stay but... i don't know. seeing just all the locals, i can 5ee they're all nervous and anxious. everyone i5ju5t on edge. looking at the queues here, it would be a long, long trip. we actually think we'd be better off staying here. our motorhome i5 parked by the water. if anything does happen, we can just go down to the water. we were here on new year's eve — that was really, really bad.

the fires have become political. the australian prime minister scott morrison has said climate change was one of many factors fuelling the blazes. he's rejected international criticism that his government, which is an ardent supporter of the nation's large coal industry, is not taking global warming seriously. more hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for south—eastern bite the priority today is fighting fires and evacuating people to safety. what is important is that we maintain the focus on these very important tasks. those tasks are being well led and run by our state authorities. more hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for south—eastern for australia in the days ahead. this brutal summer continues. phil mercer, bbc news. earlier we spoke to our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil, she was in lake conjola in new south wales, one

of the towns affected. thousands of tourists were told to evacuate in the next 48 hours because of the conditions predicted on saturday. thousands of them, many families have heeded the call. i am standing on the princes highway which is the main exit road in and out of the devastated areas that we have seen, and really it looks like a huge parking lot. there is a huge, long row of vehicles that stretches tens of kilometres along the road and they are not going anywhere. people are saying they feel stranded, they've been told we have to leave and now we cannot move, and the reason for that is that conditions on different parts of the road have been deemed too dangerous. we've had electricity poles that have collapsed, trees that have collapsed on the road as well and so

the firefighters are not taking any chances, so right now people have been told to move, but having evacuated the fire ravaged areas, now they are unable to get home and telecoms are not great which is why you couldn't get on the satellite to speak to you and we are running out of fuel as we are standing opposite a gas station that has no diesel or no gas and people are getting worried. rail fares will rise by nearly three percent today, the first working day of the year. the increase comes after another twelve months of poor performance by train companies. a government—commissioned review of the railways is due to publish its findings in the coming weeks. victoria is at london bridge station this morning. this is frustrating for passengers, isn't it? good morning. really frustrating and it really hurts and where it hurts the most

injanuary, in your pocket, because wages have actually been going up, less than 46%, but fares have been rising twice as fast in the last decade and it's just very painful for people who come down regularly to big towns and cities that rely on their workers coming in by train and getting them off the roads and some journeys are now costing more than £1 per mile and pity the poor people coming in from the south—west who have enjoyed 27 days of strike action and if they were going on a train from bournemouth to london, it will cost them this year another £196 for the year if they have a season ticket and they are doing the journey regularly. it's no wonder demonstrations will now be held in stations across the country like king's cross, norwich, chelmsford, preston, lots of places. the performance is so poor that in scotla nd performance is so poor that in scotland the scottish

government is cancelling its contract early with the dutch operator because of the poor performance and there's been lots of calls for the same thing to happen with situations like northern rail where there has been particularly bad performance and the department for transport says it's going to respond to headlines and the revolt over the latest rail raise fares. as much as they can. they are promising a year of action but are those promises they can deliver on? we will have grant shapps on the programme in a few minutes. victoria, thank you very much. a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for young people aged 18 and under, according to new nhs data. the numbers also show that the total number of admissions have risen by more than a third across all age groups this for the last two years. experts have branded the figures "worrying" and have urged the government to promote early intervention. three people who were killed in a new year's eve crash involving a lorry near heathrow airport were british airways cabin crew. the victims were in their 20s.

a 25 year—old woman is also in a serious condition in hospital. a british airways spokesperson said their thoughts are with their families and friends. a new study suggests that artificial intelligence is as accurate as humans in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms. the a! programme analysed x—rays from nearly 29,000 patients. it was as accurate in detecting cancer as two expert radiologists working together — the current nhs system. cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. social media addicts, gym junkies and binge drinkers are all being targeted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal is underpinned by research which claims that young people believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. advert: where does confidence come from? how you look? this, the latest in a series of high—profile recruitment campaigns is aimed at young people,

many of whom research suggests lack self—confidence or feel inadequate when comparing their lives to others. quick hits. you are coming out tonight! the bold claim from the army's £3 million appeal for new soldiers is "army confidence lasts a lifetime". in contrast to the quick fix hits of, say, social media and fast fashion. take those dusty cuffs off your feet, man. the army hopes to build on the success of last year's campaign, which saw a record number of applications, though still only 10% of those made it through to basic training. come on, mate, nearly there. in the past, there's been harsh criticism from mps over the decision to outsource recruitment to a private contractor. capita and the army say they've dramatically improved the system. the army has also introduced new training programmes to help prepare young people who may struggle with fitness and literacy to meet basic entry

requirements. but despite claims of progress, the british army is still well below its target strength. and the problem is not just about recruitment, but retention too. jonathan beale, bbc news. if you watched any westerns over the festive break, you might have seen a lone tumbleweed drifting across a deserted town. but take a look at what happens when there's more than one. a us highway had to be closed yesterday after piles of tumbleweed — up to 30 feet high — blocked the road and buried cars in washington state. it's now been re—opened. you need a tumbleweed plough. they are specially designed. it has been reopened. for millions of people, the first working day of the year has been greeted by a rise in the cost of theirjourney. train fares have increased again, and in a moment, we'll ask the transport minster why. first, let's have a quick reminder

of how the last year has been for rail passengers. the service to waterloo has been cancelled. public transport is just unreliable. the service has never been so bad. you need the service and you cannot guarantee it. britain's trains have been described as expensive, overcrowded and unreliable. the changes have led to delays and cancellations for thousands of commuters. standing room only as passengers face cancellations, delays and overcrowding. it's horrendous. i can't even get a seat most of the time. you have rail fare5 going up and up and you're getting less of a service. it is not a nice 5tart getting less of a service. it is not a nice start to the day, to be

hone5t. let's talk now to the transport secretary, grant shapps, whojoins us from london bridge station. good morning and thank you for your time. so, just picking up on some of those thoughts from those people talking about their experiences of rail journeys talking about their experiences of railjourneys and in principle this morning there is a common theme that rail fares morning there is a common theme that railfares are going up and the service is getting worse. why should people pay more? yes, but i speak as a frustrated commuter myself. a lot of those comments have been made by me. most people appreciate it if we wa nt to me. most people appreciate it if we want to get the kind of railway that you and me want to see we need to have investment into the railways and we won't get there by putting less money in so these rises which are capped below the retail price index are designed to kick off a year of change and what i want to see happen is people getting a

decent service with trains running on time and they are a ticketing pricing which i can tell you about from today when the new pricing sta rts from today when the new pricing starts on some of the lines. telus are more of the practical measures that have been in place. —— tell us some more. on the east coast mainline, iam some more. on the east coast mainline, i am ending some more. on the east coast mainline, iam ending itand i think it's a rip—off that you pay for a single journey, it's a rip—off that you pay for a singlejourney, single it's a rip—off that you pay for a single journey, single ticket almost as you paid for a return journey. this frustrates commuters a huge amount, so from today, on that line we are trialling a new system where people will only pay for a single leg journey which effectively halves the price. and i'm also announcing today another line on gtr, a new form of ticketing that we will introduce there, season tickets because nowadays people are working differently and many work part—time work from home a or two a week so where is at the moment you have to buy a season ticket for five days you might be able to buy a season

ticket for three or four days. using all of this information, to use it to reform the way always. some called keith williams has been carrying out a review and this will be the fundamental change to the ra i lwa ys be the fundamental change to the railways in a generation that will lead to changes that i hope we'll see trains run on time and a simpler system that is too fragmented at the moment under the current regime of franchising. all of that change coming along the lines and what we're doing today is introducing moves that will make it easier to bring in those changes. one of the questions from a lot of people is, or what? you're saying this is what you're going to do on its passenger first and stuart got in touch with us first and stuart got in touch with us this morning saying, asking you, asking for a proper explanation as to why northern rail are allowed to operate at peak times commuting service is a shambles and they only run vaguely on time, so why are they

allowed to carry on offering such a bad service? why don't you take the franchise away? i've already announced a parliament that i've kicked off the process called a request for proposals to do exactly that. it's completely unacceptable to have a situation where trains almost routinely don't run to a routine or on time. i simply will not put up with that and i've already kicked off that process and i will be saying more about it. just to be clear on that one, are you saying that in your opinion as transport secretary northern rail are not fit to run the service that they are currently some operating? absolutely the case. i do not think the service being operated on northern and also trans—pennine and several other routes is anywhere near acceptable. i've been explaining the actions i've been taking parliament and i've not been

resting on my laurels with this one. i've been a long commuter myself for many years and i don't think it is right that people cannot always rely on their train services particularly places like northern where it has been notably bad and i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. i am a little unclear. we all agree, especially commuters that it's not acceptable. are you going beyond that and saying that your intention as transport secretary is to re m ove intention as transport secretary is to remove the franchise from northern rail. what i wrote to the necessary parties for a request for a proposal is where you say i will take action and there are a couple of ways that can go and one is to strip the franchise and have a short—term

contract, but i'm simply not prepared for the service on northern to carry on as it is and i'm taking action. let's ask one or two other things whether they are acceptable or not. london to manchester, and open single ticket costs £180. £180. is that the correct amount of money? no, and! is that the correct amount of money? no, and i think again, actually, i was explaining on the east coast mainline that today on the east coast were starting an experiment which will have ramifications across the entire rail network with the so—called keith williams reforms and the white paper i will be launching shortly. what they will do is say, actually, rather than having tickets priced for a single journey, prices if you are coming back because if you buy the return you pay £1 more to buy the return journey which means actually you are being ripped off for the singlejourney means actually you are being ripped off for the single journey and it

effectively halves the cost of a single journey. once we've collected the information from the trials kicking off today on the east coast mainline and the other trials we are introducing plus a new fund for a fair trial to try out different types of ticketing we will be able to reform the prices of tickets right the way across the network and make them a lot fairer and end what i consider to be a rip—off fair system, particularly on those single journeys. a slightly weary ian has beenin journeys. a slightly weary ian has been in touch saying every year this time of year we have the same debates, discussions, justifications and protest and nothing ever comes of it except that the cost of my ticket goes up. people frankly don't believe that you are going to change things. first of all i should say that this is the seventh year in a row where the rise has been less than the retail price index u nfortu nately now than the retail price index unfortunately now the average wages are going up about 1%

higher and we've had the good news a day or two ago about the national minimum wage going up to £8 70, so actually, as a proportion we are capping those fa res proportion we are capping those fares but i do accept that the service is knocking up at the idea you will get it by somehow starving the network of money while prices go up the network of money while prices go up with inflation elsewhere is untrue. this will be a year of change and you canjudge me by this at the end of the year because we will have published a white paper and the williams reviews, the biggest change on the railway, i wa nt biggest change on the railway, i want them to be more connected and we just want trains to run on time and we want people to be able to turn up at the station, the train to be there, not within five or ten minutes of the timetable time, that's been the measure as to whether a train is on time. i've already promoted the on—time to the minute approach to this and that's what i want to

see across the network and as a frustrated commuter i will not rest until we are closer to that. an interesting pledge you have just to that. an interesting pledge you havejust made. judge me on to that. an interesting pledge you have just made. judge me on this to that. an interesting pledge you havejust made. judge me on this in a year's time. are you saying that in punctuality times are not better one yearfrom in punctuality times are not better one year from today that you will quit as transport secretary? you said judge me on this. well, look, will introduce a new white paper. these changes will take time but i think people will see things moving in the direct —— right direction. think people will see things moving in the direct -- right direction. to be fair, that doesn't sound like judge me on this, it sounds like you're reverting back to, we've had a review. all i can say it is a big network and it will take time to turnit network and it will take time to turn it around but this year will be a year of change and transformation and we are starting to move things on the right direction. i cannot promise it will all happen in a year. i can promise that i will not rest until we have worked

to sort the trains out, and that includes sorting the fragmented nature of the ra i lwa ys sorting the fragmented nature of the railways out and that will be the big change we will see. the fair trials i have been talking about this morning where people will see the cost of a single ticket or season—ticket that may work only three orfour season—ticket that may work only three or four days a week, and they will move in the right direction. and get the trains running on time. thanks for your time this morning, grant shapps, the transport secretary. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. you have a lovely sunset or sunrise, i'm not sure. a beautiful sunrise picture taken near leeds and you often see butyl skies on thejourney near leeds and you often see butyl skies on the journey to leeds and i've seen that myself. today for many of us it will be windy, fairly cloudy and some of us seeing some rain and there will be sunshine as well. you can see by looking at

the isobars across the board it is windy in stornoway 42 and around the edinburgh area. the wind is coming from a south—westerly direction which is mild but it won't last because it will turn cooler again. the sunny breaks this morning across eastern parts of wales and the west midlands and the north of england and north—east scotland and some of those breaks will fill in and some of the cloud as they drizzle and the first weather front brings heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland, although it will be followed by a second one which could have hail and thunder embedded in it. ahead of that we hang onto dry conditions and the black circles show you what kind of gusts of wind you can expect of 58, 60 around stornoway. temperature wise, above average for the time of year nine to 12 degrees and normally it would

be three or 5 degrees lower than this depending on where you are but don't forget it will be a windy day so it won't feel as mild as the temperatures suggest. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front sync south taking the weather front sync south taking the rain and mild conditions with them and the wind changes to a cooler direction as you can see from the blue areas on the chart. from tomorrow we have the cloud and rain pushing to the south—east and behind we will see some sunny spells developing. still a bit of cloud at times in the north and west producing showers and some of those will be wintry on the hills. worth mentioning that if you are in shetland you will see snow at lower levels but there will be gales or even levels but there will be gales or eve n severe levels but there will be gales or even severe gales. in the sunshine, elsewhere, it won't feel too bad at all. lou and charlie.

we like characters in our sport, don't we. and we have one right now. and i hope he is clear—headed this morning because he had quite a night last night. last night, pete snakebite wright realised a dream that has been years in the making. he beat michael van gerwen 7—3 to become the new darts world champion. i'm delighted to say that peterjoins us now. good morning to you. great to see you there with your trophy and first of all congratulations. what does it sound like when people say world champion to you now? it's crazy. it's been a dream of mine to be world champion and i've finally done it and world champion and i've finally done itandi world champion and i've finally done it and i didn't sleep at all last night and it was terrible. i've had no sleep and it has actually now sunkin no sleep and it has actually now sunk in that i am world champion and i'm just over the moon. just talk us through it a little bit because it's

taken you a long time to get to this point. there have been highs and lows and at certain points i know you almost walked away from darts completely. yes, yes, in 2014, the world finals that was archly my last year of playing and if i didn't do well i was going to retire —— actually my last year. but i've got to the final and i made up to number two in the world and then i dropped back down and then lost many finals against michael van gerwen, the number one in the world, and finally it has happened and i eventually beat him in a big major tournament, the biggest one, obviously. pete, talk us through the lock. we are seeing you in action from last night and seeing the two times that you missed the ten, and then get it right. there we go. talk us through the hair, the head, how long does it all take and who does that

for you? my all take and who does that for you? my wife, joanne, does it, sometimes my daughter, naomi, and sometimes my grandad. but the hair gives me confidence. i'm a shy guy away from the sport and whenjoanne puts it all on, i become the character snakebite that you see, in the loud outfit some crazy hairdos. we are seeing pictures of you and joanne right now on the stage, that hugely emotional moment where you have the trophy. how important is your family and all of this? oh, family is the most important. they are there for me when i am down, they picked me back up and they get me up again and this is what happens when they are behind you. any significance in terms of the designs on the side of the head crushed but we also know about snakebite on the snakes, but

how do you choose what goes on? sometimes when we visit other countries, we've gone to dubai and we've got stuff from dubai and we've gone to australia and we go around the world and try to incorporate other things on the side of my head about that country. pete, wonderful to talk to you and congratulations. pete snakebite right. and good luck getting some sleep. go to bed! thanks very much. let's get the news and travel where you are. good morning. for many of us, a dry day, affecting the north—west of the british isles. quite windy today.

affecting just about everywhere across the uk. this weather system across the uk. this weather system across the uk. this weather system across the north—west, bringing outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland, wind, feeling quite mild across the uk, temperature is above average for the time of year. you can see the rain, heavy at times, in the west of scotland, pushing its way into north—west wales, north—west of england, further south remaining dry, staying quite cloudy. brighter skies developing across the north—east of scotland for a time as a first band of rain clears, further rain spreading into scotland and northern ireland, some showers moving in, that rain won't reach the fourth south—east, remaining dry here but quite cloudy and quite windy. these are the wind gusts this afternoon, gusting up to 50—55 miles an hour in the west of scotland. temperatures double figures, 10-12dc. temperatures double figures, 10—12dc. those weather fronts and milderair 10—12dc. those weather fronts and milder air will still be around three to nine, pushing further south and east. notice, behind it, blues

are starting to come in, turning quite chilly into friday morning across northern and western parts, further south and east of the temperatures remain in double figures. quite a cloudy, damp started the day in the south—east on friday, tending to clear, lots sunshine for many of us during friday but some showers, some wintry over higher ground but even down to some lower levels, parts of northern scotland. healing chilly in the afternoon, maximum temperatures 7-10dc. into afternoon, maximum temperatures 7—10dc. into the weekend, higher pressure dominating in the south, a few weather systems over the top of that, effective northern areas of scotla nd that, effective northern areas of scotland but for many of us over the weekend looking largely fine and dry. goodbye for now.

this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and karin giannone. as tensions over a us—china trade war are easing, will the next trade battleground be europe... live from london, that's our top story on thursday 2 january.

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